Between Middle-Eastern cultural diversity and Western esthetics, Philippe Boulakia has explored his own entangled identities through his work.

The son of Tunisian immigrants in France, Philippe Boulakia’s youth was spent in the alleyways of Paris. He immigrated to Israel alone as a young boy.  After he finished his studies at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, he began his career as an independent graphic designer and founded his branding company in Tel Aviv.

As a versatile artist, he uses a wide range of styles and techniques: he paints mostly with acrylic on canvas, while also creating prints on pages of old books or yellowing newspapers. Boulakia bonds with history-absorbing materials, and reacts to human presence in any form: whether direct or infused in objects or papers.